It's true that learning some relaxation techniques can help you stop smoking. It can help you stop many bad habits.

Relaxation takes time and mastery. You will gradually master it, relaxing by occasionally taking three deep breaths, counting to yourself as you inhale, "One . . . two . . . three . . . four . . . five . . . six."

Next, exhale, relaxing more, "One . . . two . . . three."

Focus on your hand, your arm, your elbow, your shoulder, all the way through and up and down again. Feel it getting heavy, limp and relaxed, so that you cannot move them around anymore, even if you tried.

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How do we utilize and optimize alternative approaches for quitting smoking effectively? Alternative approaches include visualization, self-affirmation, relaxation, and so on.

Many find it difficult to relax and stick to this routine. No two journeys are alike. Some might need details instructions to follow to a tee on how to relax.

Others do not get the mind-body connection right away and do not believe that relaxing and breathing can actually help you to stop smoking. But many have been helped by these techniques.

You will need to practice relaxing and breathing to be successful at it, regardless of how easy or hard you think or perceive, believe it is going to be – it does need to be done.

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Question 11: What is the value and nature of a personal action plan to quit smoking simply, easily, naturally, and permanently?

Just reading about it is not enough, you have to go do and practice it now. You need an action plan.

You will quit by your target date and be smoke-free! State that positively, repeat it in your mind, visualize your own success with it and never look back from there!

Get rid of the automatic preconditioning of smoking advertising, society and bad habits engrained and entrenched over generations and years. Replace these with new patterns, thoughts, beliefs and claims about yourself, your health, your life, your future and stop smoking now forever!

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